Shoe-button.



W. P. DEVINE.

SHOE BUTTON.

APPLICATION mu) SEPT-23,1915- RENEWED- DEC. 6. I918.

1,292,588 Patented Jan. 28, 1919.

FFXCE.

WILLIAM PATRICK IDEVINE, F DORGHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE-BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1919 Application filed September 23, 1915, Serial No.52,522. Renewed December 6, 1918. Serial No. 265,803.

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that 1, WILLIAM P. DEVINE, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of Dorchester, in the county of- Suffolkand'State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to buttons and particularly to that class ofbuttons commonly used on shoes, gaiters, etc., the body portionsof'which are made of some hardened plastic material and which areprovided with metal eyes secured to said body portions.

One object of'the present invention is to save material, the bodyportion of each button being provided with depressions on the outer andinner faces thereof, the outer depression having a central recessadapted to receive the head of a metal pin, the shank of which extendscompletely through said body portion and is bent to form an eye with itspoint embedded in the inner face of said body portion, therebypreventing the pin from turning therein.

Another object of the invention is to provide the end face of the bodyportion with an annular recess, the edge of the outer wall of whichbears upon the material and there by prevents any portion of the innerface of the body portion contacting with the eye of the buttonhole andcausing its stitches to be worn.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a disk inserted inthe outer depression adapted to cover the head of the pin, this diskpreferably being of a different color of material and adding materiallyto the artistic appearance of the button.

The invention further consists in certain novel features of constructionand arrangement of parts which will be thoroughly understood byreference to the description of the drawings and to the claimshereinafter given.

Of the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a plan view of a button embodying the features ofthe present invention.

Fig. 2 represents a transverse section of the same, and

Fig. 3 represents a horizontal section of 'the same, the cutting planebeing on line 3-3 on Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrowthereon.

Similar characters designate like parts throughout the several figuresof the drawings.

In the drawings, 10 represents a body portion of a button which ispreferably-made of celluloid or some similar hardened plastic material.It is provided with a central opening 11 extending therethrough and itsouter face has a depression 12 therein provided with a central recess 12in which is positioned the head 13 of a pin, the shank of which extendsthrough said central opening 11 and is bent over to form the eye 14. Atone side of the central opening 11 is a recess 15 in which is positionedthe point 16 of the shank of the headed pin 1314. The insertion of thepoint 16 in this depression 15 materially strengthens and stiffens' theeye 14 and makes it possible for said eye to be subjected to a greatlyincreased strain. At the same time the positioning of the point 16 inthe recess 15 prevents the pin from turning in the central opening 11extending through the body portion 10. The inner face of the bodyportion is provided with a hub 17 surrounded by an annular depression18, the outer wall of which terminates at 19 forming a rounded annularedge considerably beyond the face of the hub portion 17 so that when thebutton is attached to a shoe or other article the face of the hub 17will never contact with the stitches of the eye of the buttonhole andinjure said stitches by rubbing action thereon.

By having the depression 12 in the outer face and the annular depression18 on the inner face the body portion 10 may be made up from sheetcelluloid and compressed into the form shown in the drawings, therebysaving considerable material in the manufacture of the buttons.

In the depression 12 is positioned a disk 20 of some material preferablydistinctive in color or design from the body portion 10 of the button,the disk 20 serving to hide from view the head 13 of the pin 14 and 'atthe same time add greatly to the ornamental appearance of the button.

By inserting disks 20 of diflerent artistic designs and colors a greatvariety of buttons may be made with the same style of body portion 10.

It is obvious that the body portion 10 may also be varied in color orprovided with artistic designs.

The disk 20 may be of celluloid, leather, cloth, or any other flexiblematerial, and is preferably formed over a circular metal plate 21, whichbefore insertion is slightly crowned as indicated in dotted lines inFig. 2,

The edge of the disk 20 is folded over the edge of the plate 21 and Whenforced into the depression 12 by a die the outer surface is fiattenedandthe edge of the disk 20 jammed against the Wall of the depression 12 andlocked securely in position.

It is believed that the many advantages of this invention Will be fullyunderstood from the foregoing description.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A button comprising an annular body portion having a flat bottomeddepression in its outerface having a vertical Wall. and provided with acentral recess, a pin extending through said body portion with its headpositioned in said recess and its shank bent tovform an eye, said headhaving a flat end flush With the bottom of said depression, a diskinserted in said outer depression and covering the head of said pin, anda metal Copies (if-this patent. may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner Washington, D. 03'. 7

I plate inclo'sed in said disk and adapted to lock said disk againstthe. vertical Wall of said outer depression and With its outer faceflush With the outer end of said body portion.

A button comprising an annular body portion having a flat bottomeddepression in its outer face having a vertical wall provided With acentralrecess, a pin extending through said body portion With its headpositioned in and fitting said recess and its shank bent to form an eye,'said head having a flat end flush With the bottom ofsaid depression, aflat disk inserted in, said outer depression and covering the head ofsaid pin, and means for locking the edge-ofsaid disk against the wallofsaid depression and With its outer face flush with the outer end ofsaid body portion.

Signedby me at 4LPost Office Sq.,Boston,

Mass, this 15th day of September, 19 15. WILLIAM PATRICK DEVINE.Nitnesses:

WALTER E. LOMBARD, v NATHAN O. LOMBARD.

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